Purvi's birthday is tommorow and I need a helping hand. Adrik told me that his bhabi makes the best papad in the world. I must go and see if she has any left in her stock. And also I can tell her to help me little while cooking .
" Husband are you going out ? " I asked him, he was in the front yard tending the plants with boys. " No , I am home why ? " he asked me , his face has mud and dust but still looking so cute. And the boys are totally covered in mud looking like little piglets.
" I am going in the family house to meet with bhabi [ elder sister in law ] , have to talk with her about something. Purvi is here with Arav but please keep an eye on him. I will be back soon. " I told him . He nodded and concentrated on his work again.
" Husband , do you know anyone who has harvested lots of ginger this summer ? " I asked him. He gave it a thought and told " I guess elder brother and few of his friends has harvested ginger in the west land , why ? " he asked . " I was hoping to make some ginger powder and some ginger product for the winter. " I told him and he nodded.
" Please pick up some sweet potato for bhabi , I need her help for something. " I told him . He nodded and filled a little basket with vegetables. " And make this dirty piglets take a bath after doing all the work , look at you all covered in mud...looking silly. " I told pinching their cheeks. And they laughed .
" Their is a pot of hot water in the chulah...husband please be careful with it. And wash up using that water only. " I told him. " Mishti are you afraid that I will burn my fingers ? " teased advik with a smile. " Husband I am not joking , be careful. " I told him and he nodded.
well after informing him I took the basket and came out of my house. I have to arrange party for purvi first than I will think about my shop. I am planning to start a chain of business here but I don't want to thrive alone. I want all the girls in this family to do well. Here food system is well but many things are still not available.
And if I start doing some business here I think I can do very well here and the person who knows all about the people in the village is my bhabi. will have to start from her. I walked in the big house [ its where elders of the family stay ] and heard bhabi say " Its good for you , please eat some your cold will recover soon. " I entered and saw her trying to feed what I think is ginger juice to one of her son who is refusing to drink it.
" And why is my venu throwing a tantrum ? " I asked , it took time I have taken the pain to learn the names of the kids. Mothers loves when people knows your children and care for them so naturally bhabi became more happy. " See choti chachi [ wife of uncle , aunt ] is here , what she will think ? " she asked but didn't drink the juice and left.
" He is the naughty one , has cold but doesn't like to take medicine or cold remedies. " she said with a smile. " Come sit here trishna. " said bhabi putting the cup away. " Here bhabi I brought some sweet potatoes for the kids. Now tell me what's the matter , what was the struggle about ? " I asked her sitting next to her.
" The weather is getting cold day by day and they don't like to drink or eat natural remedies for cold and you know medicines are so costly. " she said with a sigh. " well bhabi do you have ginger and jaggery in home . " I asked her and she nodded. " of course I do , do you want some let me make some for you. " she said trying to get up so I stopped her.
" well than I will show you how to make candy with it and kids will love to eat it and not make any trouble. " I told her and her face brighten up . We came in our kitchen . She took out few large pieces of ginger. I peeled them with a spoon , roughly chopped them and than made a fine paste. After that sautéed it for one minute, the whole house got filled with a nice aroma , than we added jaggery in it , and in a low flame melted the jaggery.
Than we added black salt , pepper, turmeric and two spoons of ghee in it and mixed them well. Than we took a paper smeared butter [ since butter paper is not available here. ] and with a spoon made many little circular candies and let it sit for a while.
" Now you will not have any trouble feeding them ginger in winter , on other hand you might have trouble hiding the candies from them . " I told her and she laughed. " Bhabi you know about my daughters birthday right ? But I can't cook all that alone and your devaar [ brother in law ] has told you make best potato papad , can I borrow some. " I asked her.
" Why not ? since you're being so nice I will tell you a secret sister , I make them to sell in the market. My eldest goes out and sells them in the market , that's how I feed my daughters something good. " she said with motherly affection. I thought she was one of those who wants boys over their daughters guess I was wrong about it.
" You're secret is safe with me bhabi and don't worry I have a perfect plan which will help our families earn more. But I will need your help. " I told her. If I want to start my little I will need help and she is perfect for it. " I will help you as much as possible " she said with a smile.
" well bhabi , sprinkle some powder sugar on those candies and it will be perfect for the kids. I have to go home and cook food for my husband. But day after tommorow lets meet in my house and discuss some important things with you. " I told her and she nodded . Hope things go well.